Antimonopoly Legislation and Practice of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation as Sources of Methodology for Detecting and Investigating Restrictions on Competition
Eremin A.A. Antimonopoly legislation and practice of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation as sources of methodology for detecting and investigating restrictions on competition. Penitentiary Science, 2026, vol. 20, no. 1 (73), pp. 62–68. doi 10.46741/2686- 9764.2026.73.1.008.
the article is devoted to the study of methods for identifying and investigating restrictions on competition. Purpose: to determine the nature and place of antimonopoly legislation and practice of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation. The research is based on comparative legal, system-structural, descriptive-analytical methods. Results: in the course of the study, three groups of sources of methods for identifying and investigating restrictions on competition are identified, analyzed and generalized. The place of antimonopoly legislation and practice of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation in the system of sources is determined. The specifics of the practice of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation in relation to penitentiary institutions are highlighted. Conclusions: the author concludes that the antimonopoly legislation and practice of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation are informational and theoretical in nature, while individual acts of the agency are methodological in nature.
Keywords: restriction of competition; investigation of restriction of competition; investigation methodology; sources of private investigation methods; antimonopoly legislation; practice of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation.
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